LINDAHL Hedvig

Sweden
Football
29 Apr 1983
38
Female
1.79/5'10''
KATRINEHOLM
 
Sweden
WOLFSBURG
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
FBL Football Women
SWE
Sweden
 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Stadium
Women's Group G
#05
SWE
Sweden
3
USA
United States
0
Finished
Saitama Stadium
Women's Group G
#11
SWE
Sweden
4
AUS
Australia
2
Finished
Miyagi Stadium
Women's Group G
#17
NZL
New Zealand
0
SWE
Sweden
2
Finished
Saitama Stadium
Women's Quarter-final
#21
SWE
Sweden
3
JPN
Japan
1
Finished
International Stadium Yokohama
Women's Semi-final
#23
AUS
Australia
0
SWE
Sweden
1
Finished
International Stadium Yokohama
Women's Gold Medal Match
#26
SWE
Sweden
1
 (2)
CAN
Canada
1
 (3)
PSO
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Senior2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4Senior2004Athens, GRE
6Senior2008Beijing, CHN
7Senior2012London, GBR

FIFA Women's World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
3Senior2019France
3Senior2011Germany
10Senior2007People's Republic of China
16Senior2015Canada

UEFA Women's Championship
RankEventYearLocation
5Senior2017Netherlands
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Hedda (fotbollskanalen.se, 03 Mar 2016)
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Athlete
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University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Wife Sabine, sons Timothy [2013] and Nathan [2017]
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English, Swedish
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Atletico Madrid Femenino [Spain] since 2020/21
:
Dani Gonzalez [club], ESP; Peter Gerhardsson [national], SWE
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Goalkeeper (dn.se, 17 Apr 2016)
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Her father played top-flight club football in Sweden for IFK Norrkoping in the 1970s. (hedviglindahl.se, 07 Mar 2008; keeperportal.co.uk, 16 Apr 2015)
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2002 for Sweden Against England (svenskfotboll.se, 06 Jul 2008)
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In April 2016 she suffered a head injury in a club game against Liverpool in England. (expressen.se, 28 Apr 2016)

She underwent hip surgery in January 2015. (sydsvenskan.se, 09 Nov 2015; expressen.se, 19 Nov 2014)

She tore a cruciate ligament in January 2007. The injury kept her out for five months. (linkopingstidning.se, 14 Mar 2008)
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Primera Division Femenina [ESP] (svt.se, 07 Jul 2020)
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She began playing football at age four. (hedviglindahl.se, 14 Jan 2012)
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She came from a small village and there were not a lot of things to do other than play football. (hedviglindahl.se, 14 Jan 2012)
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Her father. (keeperportal.co.uk, 16 Apr 2015)
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In January 2020 a statue of her was erected at Helsingborg Sports Museum in Sweden. It was one of four statues of female Swedish footballers commissioned in the country before the 2019 World Cup in France. (fotbollskanalen.se, 09 Jan 2020)

In 2016 she was named in the Team of the Year for the English Women's Super League. (expressen.se, 22 Apr 2016)

In 2015 and 2016 she won the Diamond Ball, awarded to Sweden's female Player of the Year, at the Swedish Football Gala. (aftonbladet.se, 04 Nov 2019; expressen.se, 22 Apr 2016; sydsvenskan.se, 09 Nov 2015)

In 2004, 2005 and 2009 she was named Swedish Goalkeeper of the Year. (Facebook page, 10 Jul 2016)

General Interest

General
NEW CLUB
In July 2020 she signed a two-year contract with Spanish Primera Division Femenina club Atletico Madrid Femenino. She played the 2019/20 season with VfL Wolfsburg in the German Frauen-Bundesliga, and had been at Chelsea in England for four years before that. "I am very excited about coming to Atletico Madrid. The club has made me feel very appreciated. I want to help the club to continue to grow and give everything so that the fans will be happy with me and the team." (svt.se, 07 Jul 2020)

SKIN CONDITION
She has a medical condition called vitiligo, which causes the loss of pigment in the skin. She can not spend too much time in the sun and when she travels to warmer countries, the team provides her with special clothing. (Instagram profile, 06 Jul 2016; hedviglindahl.se, 05 Dec 2007)

Legend
:
Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
PSO:
Penalty Shoot-out
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